nghĩa vụ
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese, Japanese 義務 (gimu).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋiə˦ˀ˥ vu˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋiə˧˨ vʊw˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ŋiə˨˩˦ vʊw˨˩˨] ~ [ŋiə˨˩˦ jʊw˨˩˨]
Noun edit
- duty; responsibility; obligation
- (colloquial) Short for nghĩa vụ quân sự (“military service”).